About 300 people stormed the prison...

VIGILANTES IN ACTION.

December 28, 1986

UMUARAMA, BRAZIL — VIGILANTES IN ACTION. About 300 people stormed the prison. They forced their way past guards and beat three accused killers to death with hammers and clubs. The bodies were taken out, tied to cars and dragged past the home of photographer Julio Cesar Jarros, the killers' victim, then were burned in the town square. Thousands watched, police reported. Umuarama is in Parana state in southern Brazil.